You
may
have seen the Seamonster
timelapse and wondered how to tackle it, i.e.
how to do some of the steps shown in there. Here we'll discuss some of
the steps and
tools used.

Here's an example of a similar creature, in an early phase and thus a
little less deteailed or advanced, but with bones to change the mouth
opening.

For starters, if you've never seen it, be sure to
view this page in the
official forum, and the original timelapse:

Here are some of the
skills
and techniques you'll want to learn. Not all things shown below are
actually used in the above timelapse, but they'll all be useful to know
and to master so you can create your own collection of scary monsters: